Louisville transfer Kamari Lands commits to Arizona State

Louisville transfer Kamari Lands has committed to Arizona State, he told On3.

The 6-foot-8, 220-pound small forward from Indianpolis played in all 32 games for the ‘Cards this year, who finished last in the ACC with an overall record of 4-29. He averaged 5.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 21.1 minutes per game.

Lands discussed his commitment to Arizona State with On3.

“ASU fits everything I’ve ever wanted when going to school,” Lands said to On3. “I know the staff very well and we are ready to that next step in my game and win games.”

Arizona State heavily recruited Lands’ out of high school and were even viewed as the frontrunner by many to land his commitment, prior to landing at Louisville.

The Sun Devils finished the 2022-23 season fifth in the Pac-12, with an overall record of 23-13.

According to the On3 Industry Ranking, Lands was rated as a four-star recruit and ranked No. 64 overall in the class of 2022. He was also the No. 18 small forward.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

Kamari Lands is headed to Arizona State, transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.